Juniors

This is a place to learn how other juniors are talking about college admissions.

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1. Get started by checking out our guidance page for juniors. Here you will fi …

I'm a junior and I'm having some trouble with my major and the extracurriculars to do as well. I'm very interested in a STEM major, I love chemistry, biology, and math and I really excel in those subj …

Most of the schools I'm planning on applying to are really competitive and prestigious. While I have many planned targets and safeties those are the schools I really want to go to! What can I do to ma …

Are there any internships/opportunities related to medicine and that have registration open or will open soon?

I know there's Civics Unplugged, but the application deadline for the next cohort has already passed. So are there other alternative fellowships that are considered prestigious, or at least competitiv …

is anyone doing early college programs? any advice on scholarships, classwork, etc

Hi, I'm currently a rising junior and am having trouble with my course selection.

Just for some context, these are the APs I took sophomore year (my school didn't offer any in my freshmen year):

- AP Li …

My HS has it's own version of AP (which TBH are new and seem weird) but doesn't offer actual AP classes - will not having AP hurt me? I heard trend is that more and more schools will not be offering A …

I'm going into my junior year having only taken 1 AP, AP Stats, my sophomore year. I've taken 4 dual enrollment courses and I'll be taking 4 AP classes: AP chem, AP bio, AP lang, and AP calc AB. I'm w …

Hi!! I'm a junior at a fairly small school (only about 135 total in my grade) and I was wondering about college apps, and how extra-curriculars would look. Is there such a thing as too many? Like, wou …

Should my Recommendation letters be from my junior & senior year teachers (current school)? But my freshman and sophomore year teachers really know me well as a student as well as a person (previous s …

ve just started looking at colleges I have a 3.797 GPA in high school, but I haven't even thought too much about college and feel like I'm behind. I don't have any extracurricular activities and I'm w …

Hello members,

Looking for some advice on what type of extra curricular will look good on the resume for applying for Data Sciences major to a good college (e.g. UT Austin). I have been learning comput …

Hi Everyone! I'm an international student from Pakistan and I'm a junior in highschool now I didn't start and focused on my college application process in my freshman and sophomore year and now I feel …

I’m an incoming Junior and I haven't taken any AP classes or Honors yet (I earned honors for two classes), should I wait for Senior year to take them? Or would it be too late for me?

Hi, I'm in 11th grade, and I was planning on changing my schedule because it was getting kind of overwhelming (and only 2 weeks of school has passed, so that's concerning.) I go to a school with a 4 b …

Im currently trying to get a research internship (public policy or politics related) with college professors but don't know the best way to approach reaching out. I understand that I need to research …

hii! im taking ap lang this year and right now i'm doing a summer assignment. Im reading a book called blink, and im realizing that reading non-fiction texts are really draining and boring, but I feel …

I take 4 honors classes and 1 AP and I am I. My junior year. I am about to start my junior year, what can I do to make my resume stronger? My gpa is a 3.0 right now. What can I do to make it stronger? …

I just got my schedule for my junior year and found out that band and Latin 3 are in the same period. I want to pursue both because I want to get into ivy league schools. Latin 3 is good because I wan …

hi guys,

my current schedule is:

spanish 3/4, an art elective (need to fill art requirements) , ap english language & comp, apush, ap biology, and ap precalc

I took spanish 3 last year, but switched out …